Pictured are cicadas, insects that spend 17 or 13 years underground feeding on roots before emerging ... in contributing to the data can download the free Cicada Safari app from the Apple Store or ...

Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada Safari, told USA TODAY that the insects are beneficial to the ... from the Apple Store or Google Play to send in photos for the app’s live map.

open image in gallery Brood XIV cicadas will emerge across the eastern and southern U.S. this spring. The billions of winged insects can make quite a racket while they’re above ground (Getty ...

Not only are cicadas returning to the Volunteer State this year but Tennessee is expected to have one of the largest concentrations of the nuisance bugs anywhere in the U.S., according to USA TODAY.

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And this year the group of insects with long life cycles called periodical cicada Brood XIV (14) — will emerge in the millions and be making a buzz in 13 states. Brood XIV is the second largest ...

"Periodical cicadas are among the most unusual of insects, with long life cycles, infrequent, periodic mass emergences, striking appearance, and noisy behaviors," according to the University of ...